Attachment for gas ranges



April 23, 1929. E, SEELEY 1,710,433

ATTACHMENT FOR GAS RANGES Filed Feb. 15. 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 5 29 l 5 q r i gmzntoz Fmn' Z. Seele y April 23, 1929. F. E. s'EELEY ATTACHMENT FOR GAS RANGES 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Frank leaky spections.

I Patented Apr. 23,. UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK E. SEELE Y, OF PORT CHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGN OR T 'ABENDROTHBROTH- I ERS, OF PORT: CHESTER, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

arracnmnnrron GAS RANGES.

Application filed February 15, 1928. Serial No. 254,456.

The present invention relates to improve posed oven chambers closed respectively by ments in attachments for gas ranges and pardoors 1, 2. ticularly to a means for supporting pans or similar articles within gas range ovens. ent invention may be made invarious sizes Ascommonly constructed, the opposite. and usedin either the top or bottom oven walls of gas range ovens are generally proof a range. vided with rib-like supports to receive pans positioned within the lower oven, the openwhile the contents are being roasted, baked ing to which maybe closed by the door 2. or broiled. In order to-inspect and deter- Such attachment com rises a pan support- 10 mine the condition of the meat or other aring frame formed of a ottom frame'member I ticle of food in such pans, itis customary 3 and upright side members 4 which are suit- As shown, the attachment is Theattachment which constitutes the presto withdraw the pan through the front of ably secured toand extend upward from the 1 the oven and this operation frequently quite marginal edges of the bottom frame member difficult owing to the lack of support for the 3. The parts 3, 4 may be of relatively. light pan when. partially withdrawn. Great care sheet or. cast metal and, as shown, the side is necessary to avoid spilling the contents of and bottom members are connected by screws the pan or burning the cookv during such in- 5 so that they form a rigid frame. The inner, opposed, faces of the side frame'members 4 One of the objects of 'the present invention is to provide means for supportingpanspaced pan supports 6, which may be in the like receptacles within the oven of a gas range form of ribs extending lengthwise of the which will enable the pan to be maintained members. in a horizontal position when partially with- The pan supporting frame above described attention from the cook. a base member 7.. This base is of substantially With this and other ends in view,.the inventhe size of the oven chamber with which the tion consists in the construction and arrangeattachment is to be used. In the particular ment of parts thatwill be 'hereina ftermore embodiment of the invention ill strated,'the particularly described, reference being had base is provided with a depending marginal to the accompanying drawings. flange 8 and on its upper surface are formed In the drawings Figure 1 is an elevation of a gas range hav- I ing an embodiment of the present inven- 1n a longitudinally extending slot 10.

tion applied thereto. The bottom frame member 3 has depend- FigureQisavertical sectional View through ing lugs 3 which extend through the slots the lower oven of the rangeohFigure 1, 10 in the ribs on the base 7 and permit of on an enlarged scale. the frame being moved, longitudinally, or in Figure3 is atran erse section substantialthe direction of the length of the slots 10, ly on the line 3 3 0 Figure 2. relative to the base. w Any suitable means, such as pins 11 passdrawn from the oven without special care;or is supported by and suitably connected with two longitudinally extending ribs or guidemembers 9, each of which has formed there- I are provided with a plurality of vertically 40 Figure 4 is a plan of the pan supporting frame detached. 7 ing through the portions of the lugs 3 ex- Figure 5 is a transverse section. substantending below the top of the base 7, are tially like 3 on a smaller scale, illustrating provided for preventing disengagement of a slightmodification, and the frame and base. These pins do n0t-in a Figure 6 is a perspective of the attache terfere with the free relative movement bement removed from the range and with its tween the pan supporting frame and base parts in separated relation. above referred to, but insure that the frame Referring to the drawings, in the several cannot be disconnected from the base by tiltfigures of which like reference characters desing of'the latter when it is partially with- 60 ignate corresponding parts, the embodiment f drawn froman oven.

' of the invention illustrated is shown as ap- As shown, the bottom frame member 3 is plied to a gas rangeof the ordinary conalso provided with depending ribs or lugs struction and which is more or less conven '13 which cooperate with the ribs 9 on the tionally illustrated in Figure 1. base to maintain the frame in proper align- Such ranges commonly include two superment, and insure that the movement thereof relative to the base will be a straight line movement.

Preferably, in order to reduce the Wei ht of the attachment, the bottom frame mem er the article to be cooked, which is supported in the usual manner by its marginal rim engaging the supports 6 provided on the supporting frame.

Asshown in Figure .3, the base 7 is of such size and so supported that the upper surfaces of the guiding ribs 9 are at substantially the same elevation above'the bottom ofthe oven as the lower rim of the opening in the front wall, adapted to be closed by the door 2, so that the pan supporting frame and pan mounted therein, can, as shown in Figures 1 and 2 be withdrawn from the oven when the door has been suitably opened. To assist in such outward movement of the pan support, the front cross bar of the bottom member 3 is provided with a suitable hand piece 16. Although the base 7 is sufliciently heavy to prevent tipping of the pan support when the latter is withdrawn from the oven sufficiently to permit ready inspection of the contents of the pan 15, which latter, of course, may also be moved longitudinally of the supports 6,

- as indicated in Figures 1 and 2, said base and the pan supports 3, 4 are not excessively heavy and can be readily withdrawn from or placed in position Within the oven as a unit without requiring the disconnection of any means normally attaching it to the bottom or walls of the oven or acting to maintain the base or frame in the oven.

In event that the side members 4 of the pan supporting frame are relatively high so that there would be a possibility of their being warped out of alignment by heat within the oven, they may be connectedby a brace 20 as represented in Figure 5.

It is believed that the operation and advantages of the invention will be readily understood from the foregoing description in connection with the d'rawings. The latter are to a considerable degree more or less diagram matic and, of course, it is understood that there can be variations in the proportions and details of some of the parts without departing from the invention.

As described, the base 7 of the attachment constitutes the bottom of the oven; but, of course, if desired, the oven may have an independent bottomf That is the attachment said slot.

cook stove oven comprising a base, a frame including a bottom and side members connected to and rising from opposite edges of the bottom and provided on their opposed, inner, faces with a plurality of vertically spaced pan supports, and a pin and slot connection between said frame and base permitting movement of the frame relative to the base in the direction of the length of the side members of the frame.

2. The herein described attachment for a gas range oven comprising a baseprovided with depending supporting means, a frame including a bottom member and side members rising from opposite edges of .the bottom member and provided on theiropposed, inner, faces with a plurality of vertically spaced pan supports, a lug depending from the bottom frame member and extending through a slot formed in the body of the base and extending parallel to the length of the side members of the frame,and means cooperating with the lug for normally preventing separation of the base and frame without interfering with relative movement getween them,'as and for the purpose speci- 3. The herein described attachment for a gas range oven comprising a baseprovided with depending supporting means and having on its upper face parallel ribs each having a slot formed therein and extending longitudinally thereof, a frame including a bottom member and side members connected to and rising from the bottom member, said side frame members extending substantially parallel to the ribs on the base and being provided on their opposed, inner, faces with a plurality of vertically spaced pan supports,

lugs depending from the bottom member of the frame and extending into the slots in the ribs on the base, and means engaging said lugs adjacent their free ends, preventing their being withdrawn from said slots without interfering movement of the lugs in the slots, for the purpose described, and said base and frame being movable as a unit into and from an oven. w

4. The herein described attachment for a cook stove oven comprising a base adapted to constitute a bottom for an oven, a frame including a bottom member and side members rising fromsaid bottom member and provided on their opposed, inner, faces with a plurality of vertically spaced pan supports, the body of said base having formed therein a slot extending substantially parallel to the length of the said side frame members, and a depending projection on the bottom frame member extending into and freely movable in In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand,

FRANK EE EY, 

